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',MOORESMITH, or WORCESTER, MassiefiUsnTfrs,y l,issie-NOR To HIMSELF yAND T. W. WELLINGTON, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No.' 78,147, dans May 19, 186s IMPROVEMENT IN vHORSE-RAUS;

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That I, Moons SMITH, of the city and county of Worcester, and l(Dommcnwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain newvand useful Improvements in Horse Hay-Rakes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming n part of Athis specification, in which- Figure- 1 represents a plan or top view of so much of a Smith rake'? as is necessary to illustrate my vpresent improvements.

Figure 2 represents a section on line A B, fig. 1; and l Figure 8 represents a rear view of aportion of the rake-delivering apparatus, referred to hereafter.

'To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention belongs to make and use the same, I will proceed to describe it more in detail.

In the drawings, is theaxle, to which theteth B are "attached, as indicated in'tl'ie drawings. vAxle A To the inner end of the hub of wheel C is to `be fastened, in any convenient manner, a ratchet-sleeve, D, while .between said ratchet-sleeve and the end-piece, E, of the rake-frame, a grocved catch or ratchet-ring, F, is fitted, to slide back and forth on a metal thimble, a, fastened to the journal of the wheel C.

The metal thimble a, while being fastened so as to turn with the axle A, is also combined with the grooved ring F, so as to beturned by that when the latter is revolved. The combination may be effected either having a spline or steady-pin fastened tothe n'ng l", t0 work in a slot in the thimble a, to permit of the necessary lateral motion tering' F, or the pin maybe fastened to the thimble a, and work ina similar slot in the" ring F. I prefer the latter.

The axle is attached tothe end-pieces E E of the rake-frame by boxes b fastened to the underside of said pieces.

To the top of one of the pieces E is fastened, the unlocking-piece G,.which projects out over the grcoved `ring F, and heut down, as shown at d.

The outer face of the ring-piece F has one ratchet-tooth or ncteh, c, to catch into the notches or teeth, l

in the sleeveD, attached to the hub ofwheel C.: l j

The end-pieces E E are fastened at their front ends to the crossofpiece H, to which the shafts I I are attached. The foot-boardJ is attached to the shafts, which4 are shown broken olf in the drawings.

Seat L is supported by spring K, fastened to the foot-board To one end of the piece H is hinged or pivoted'y the. angle-lever M, as seen at g, the arm, N,'of. said lever projecting back, and resting in the groove h inthe ring-piece F, while'the other arm of said lever extends along on top of the piece H, and has a slotted projection on its ond, into which slot the lower end of lever Ptts, lever P being hinged at i to the stand Q, fastened to the piece H. chainor cord, j, extends from lever P down to the stop-bar R, the front end of which is `hinged between ears1 1, of piece K, fastened to the cross-piece H. t l p 4 The rear end of the stop-har R rests in a. depression in piecel S, fastened tothe top cffthe.axleA, as -seen i n the` drawings, whereby .the axle A and teeth B are prevented from turning forward so long as ,stop-bar R remains in that position.. v v

A foothpiece, T, having-a downwardly-projecting arm, m, is fastened to the front of axle A, while another foot-treadl'e'piece, U, is hinged between ears or projections, 2 '2, of the piece `3, fastened to the front of piece H. One part, n, of said treadle projects up above piece H, (see iig. 2,) while the other end, 0,' projects 'back under the arm m,las fully indicated in the same figure. l i

The operation is as follows: When a suiiicient amount of hay has been gathered by the teeth B to form a windrow, the driver, while sitting upon his seat, L, pushes lever P forward by yhis hand or foottherel y raising the stop-bar R from the stop-piece S, While, bythe same operation or motion of lever Il, the arm O of'lever M is thrown back, and the nrm N thrown out, carrying with it the grooved ring-piece F, as indicated in red lines, o'. 1. As wheel C revolves, one of the teeth`f en sleeve D catches or locks in with the tooth e, when the rakehead or axle A, together with the teeth B, is revolved sulliciently to discharge the hay from the teeth, when. the inclined part, 4, of the tooth e, coming in contact with the lip, d, of the arm or piece Gr, the grooved ring-- piece F is forcedv or slid in, so as to unclutch or unlock the tooth e from the sleeve D, when the weight of the' teeth causes the axle or head A to return again to the position shown in dark lines, ligs. 1 and 2, the end, 5, oi`l the stop-bar R dropping in' front of the` shoulder, 6, ofthe piece S, and grooved ring F, withits tooth, e, turning back ready for a repetition of the same operation.

It will be observed that the operation of Aunloading the hay from the rake is effected by the power of the team, and that only a. slight exertion on the part of` the operator is required to throw the clutch into action, after which the operation of raising the teeth and unclutching the device takes place wit-hout the necessary attention of the operator- A In ease the driver desires to have the. teeth press with greater foree upon the ground 'than their weight occasions, he presses his foot against the end, n, et' the treadle U, andforces the end o np against the arm, m., Aof the foot-piece T, as indicated in red lines, fig. 2, while, if. he Wishes to raise the teeth when the team is stopped, he raises the stop-bar R, by means of lever` P, and then presses upon foot-piece T.

The-unlocking-pie'ce G is fastened to the piece E, so that it can be adjusted forward or b aclt, to drop the teeth at the desired point of elevation. In this instance, the holes in the piece G, through which the holdingserews'pass, are made oblong, or in the form of slots, to admit of the desired adjustment, by simply loosening the screivs 10.

'Having described my improved horse hay-rake, what I claim therein ns new and oi my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

i 1. The combination, with lever yP, chain or cord j,.and stop-piece S, of the stop-bar R, said parts being arranged in relation to each other substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2; The combination, with axle or head A, of the foot-piece T, arm in, and trendle U, substantially as nml for the purposes set forth. A

, 3. `The combination of the unlocking-piece G with the gi'ooved ring F and its inclined tooth or projection e,

substantially as and for the purposes set forth MOORE SMITH.

Witnesses :l j

Tiros. H. Doven, D.'L. MILLER. 

